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24 May 2007 Bucheonim osin nal
24 May 2007 Bucheonim osin nal
BHuseman


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2007-05 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX
Location: Republic of Korea
Date: May 27, 2007
Aperture: f5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Urban, Still Life
Date Uploaded: May 28, 2007

 My wife and I were headed to a mountain in the souther part of Korea to go hiking. While reading the atlas she saw that there was a waterfall not far from where we were heading. We detoured to find the waterfall and stumbled upon this Buddhist temple. The temple was very generous to let us go inside and on top to take photos.

I shot this image but knew the sky would be pain. We had gloomy grey skies all day so I had to use some channel mixing layers and layer masks to get the sky back to a bluish tone. I started the editing by using Photomatix's Tone Mapping filter for the image, then follwoed with levels and saturation adjustments and the channel mixing. I cloned the edges of the trees to clean up the seams and also did some burning to get rid of the grey cast that was over some of the trees. I then resized and sharpend and then saved for web.

The name translates to "the day when Buddha arrived", in Korea this day was celebrated on the 24th of May. The lanterns in the photo are strewn all around the country in celebration of Buddha's birthday.

Statistics
Place: 336 out of 617
Avg (all users): 5.5633
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.6142
Avg (non-participants): 5.3548
Views since voting: 927
Views during voting: 222
Votes: 158
Comments: 14
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 06/26/2007 07:38:40 PM
Love the vivid colors here and the detail is super!! Great capture.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/07/2007 02:32:26 PM
stunning colors in this temple - I don't like the sky colors but the rest is really good
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 06/07/2007 01:53:33 PM
u have captured the essence of it all here. well done
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 06/07/2007 07:30:31 AM
Way to go Ben! Love this image ... colors are rich and saturated, composition is nice and strong ... teammate image, no vote ... comment only!
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 06/06/2007 07:14:21 PM
nice colors
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 06/05/2007 04:45:42 PM
Team mate - comment but no vote.

Go Strangers!!!!!
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 06/04/2007 04:59:46 PM
Teammate No Vote for you Budda I mean buddy.
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 06/04/2007 01:31:56 PM
Wonderfully crisp detail and exploding color. I like the angle of your image and the pink in the sky is a nice touch that goes unnoticed! Great photo.
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 06/03/2007 10:31:06 PM
Nice composition. good angle gets the pattern of the ceiling, the hills, and the statue well.
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 06/03/2007 04:58:35 PM
very clear with exceptional colours
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 06/03/2007 08:50:20 AM
Nice colors & interesting subject.
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 06/01/2007 04:50:29 AM
Love the color.
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 06/01/2007 03:52:35 AM
Good colour work.
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 05/31/2007 08:53:29 PM
I normally don't care for pics of statues and such, but this shot appears thought out, and is well executed and composed. An interesting perspective, and great colors.
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